Description
| Product ID: | 9781138485969 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Rethinking Development |
| Title: | Energy and Development |
| Authors: | Author: Frauke Urban |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Energy resources, Climate change, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Energy resources, Climate change, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explores the key issues and concepts in the field of energy and development and addresses policy responses such as the energy aims of the SDGs and the United Nation’s target of universal energy access. This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area of research and policy. In the field of energy and development, the world faces two major challenges: (1) Providing energy access to the roughly one billion people worldwide who do not have access to electricity and the nearly three billion people worldwide who do not have access to clean cooking fuels; (2) achieving socioeconomic development while limiting global atmospheric temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius to mitigate climate change. Taking stock of progress, Frauke Urban explores the key issues surrounding these goals and addresses the policy responses aimed at ending energy poverty and achieving sustainable development. She outlines various options for delivering energy access, analyses past and prospective energy transitions and examines the social, environmental, economic and technological implications of these possibilities. Taking a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach and containing useful teaching resources, Energy and Development provides a comprehensive overview of this complex field of study. This book will be a great resource for postgraduate and undergraduate students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of energy studies, international development, environmental studies, industrial engineering, as well as social sciences that relate to energy and development. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-11-06 |
